Broom-holder



J. G. LYONS.

BROOM HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 21, 1919.

1,370,217, Patented Mar. 1, 1921,

. INVEN TOR. values G.Ly0ns By W A TTORNEY PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES G. LYONS, OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

UNITED STATES BROOM-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES Gr. LYONS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stockton, county of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in broom holders, being particularly adapted and intended for use with the common domestic form of floor-sweeping broom.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a holder, adapted to be fastened to the wall, and which will securely hold a broom in an upright position and still allow the same to be instantly removed when needed.

Another object is to provide a device which may be positioned so that the broom may be either placed and held with the handle of the broom extending upwardly or vice versa or at an angle, the device being screwed to the wall to allow the broom to be held in which ever position the housewife etc. prefers.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device, and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

The figure on the drawings represents the broom holder screwed to the wall of a house, showing a broom held thereby, the

device being positioned near the floor and in such a manner that the broom will be held with the handle extending upwardly.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 27, 1919.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

Serial No. 333,647.

tical center line thereof for a certain dis tance as at 5. Beyond this straight portion the wire bends somewhat toward the plane of the plate and wall as at 6, this portion extending a considerable distance beyond the end of the plate. The wire then bends sharply as at 7, and doubles back, the dis tance covered by the portion 6 in a plane parallel to that of the wall, as at 8, to form a loop 9 with said portion 6.

The portion 8 lies adjacent the portion 5 at its end nearest the plate, and is outside the same, that is, with reference to the vertical center line of the plate, as shown at 10. At this point the wire is again bent substantially at a right angle to the plate and extends thereto as at 11 at a point on the end thereof opposite to the connection with the Wire 4.

The portions 4 and 11 of the Wire terminate in eyes 12 adapted to lie flat against the plate, to which they are secured by means of rivets l3.

A similar shaped wire member 14 is similarly secured to the plate and is spaced from the first wire member a suitable distance on the other side of the vertical center line of the plate.

This construction thus permits the handle 15 of a broom to be sprung between the vertical portions of the wires, and the handle may then be moved vertically so that the broom portion 16 is firmly held between the looped portions of the wires 6 and the Wall. Movement of the broom in a vertical direction is of course limited by the horizontal wires 11 which bear against that portion of the broom adjacent the handle.

The distance from the straight portions 5 of the wires from the plate and wall is sufficient to take the bulge 17 of the broom at that point without springing the wires, while the farthest ends of the loops 9 extend close enough toward the wall so that they firmly hold the main portion of the broom thereagainst.

The horizontal portions 4 and 11 of the wires are preferably horizontally curved away from each other somewhat, so as to receive the round handle therebetween without binding the same.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the object of the inven tion as set forth herein.

WVhile this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not -lorrn a departure from the spiri 1 of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: A

A broom holder comprising a plate adapted to be secured to a Wall, and a pair of spring-Wire loops spaced from the plate a distance sufficient to permit the sweeping portion of the broom being held between the loops and the Wall, andv from each other a distance sufiicient to enable the broom handle to be passed therebetween; one end of each loop extending to the plate at right angles thereto ane'spaced apart to closely receive the broom handle therebetween, and the other end of each loop similarly extending to the plate and spaced a certain distance from the first named ends and from each other a distanre suflicient to engage the broom at the junction of the sweeping portion With the handle thereof.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

BERNARD PRIVAT, FRANK H. CARTER. 

